After decades of struggles, revolutions, bloodsheds, and sacrifices India finally achieved independence on August 15, 1947. Despite being oppressed by the societal pressures, women from Odisha too shouldered...

Biju Patnaik was born on 5 March 1916 to Lakshminarayan and Ashalata Patnaik. His parents belong to G.Nuagan, Bellaguntha, Ganjam district, around 80 km from Bramhapur. He was educated at Ravenshaw College in Odisha but...